Mar 19 Gwen's Take: Health Care Deadlines, Schmedlines... By Gwen Ifill "If you don't set deadlines in this town, things don't happen.The default position is inertia."- President Barack Obama July 22, 2009We enter another weekend with yet another health care deadline hanging low on Washington's horizon. It will… Continue reading
Mar 19 Friday: Health Care Vote Likely Sunday; Diplomats Condemn Israeli Settlement Congressional Republicans gather in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for a bicameral strategy meeting on health care. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) March Madness is in full swing this weekend, but a true buzzer beater… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Democrats Strike Optimistic Tone Ahead of House Vote on Reform House Democrats are taking final headcounts on health care reform in the run-up to a possible Sunday vote, as President Barack Obama rallied public support at a Virginia university on Friday. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Mar 18 Preview: Peru Profits From Resources, Geography By Talea Miller Ray Suarez recently traveled to Peru for a series of reports that will examine the country's health issues as well its economy -- including its evolution from a widely erratic marketplace with a devalued currency to a more… Continue reading
Mar 18 CBO: $940 Billion Health Care Bill Would Trim Deficit Over Next Decade Updated 4:05 p.m. President Obama's health care reform bill would cost $940 billion over ten years and reduce the federal deficit by $138 billion over the same time period while expanding health insurance coverage to 95 percent of the… Continue reading
Mar 18 Thursday: Democrats Say Health Bill Will Cut Deficit; Vote Might Be Sunday President Barack Obama talks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.) Thursday may be the day House Democratic leaders unveil the fixes they are seeking to the Senate health care bill, setting… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Democrats, GOP Prep for Possible Weekend Vote on Health Reform House Democrats are preparing for a vote on health care legislation, after the Congressional Budget Office reported the bill will cost $940 billion but would cut more than expected from the deficit. Jeffrey Brown talks to two health and policy… Continue watching
Mar 17 Undecided Democrats Caught in Crossfire of Health Reform Ads As Democratic lawmakers work to push health care legislation over the finish line, millions of dollars are being spent on television ads in the districts of Democratic members who could cast the deciding vote. Evan Tracey, president of Campaign… Continue reading
Mar 17 Democrats Count Votes, Deal With Health Reform Hurdles Halfway through what's been deemed a make-or-break week for health care reform, the media's vote-counting has begun in earnest, along with estimating the measure's chance of success. President Obama's overhaul push picked up new traction Wednesday… Continue reading
Mar 17 Patchwork Nation: A Tea Party Census The Tea Party movement was in the news again Tuesday as some 1,000 followers came to Washington to oppose Democrats' final effort to pass health care reform. Since last summer, when the group gained recognition for its… Continue reading